Dr. Josh Wymer is the Chief Health Information & Data Strategy Officer with the State of Missouri Health Data Consortium, supporting the Departments of Health and Senior Services, Mental Health, and Social Services that serve 6.2M Missourians. He is a faculty member for advanced informatics and executive leadership at the University of San Diego. He is also a founder, partner, advisor, and investor with startups across the healthcare space.
Dr. Wymer’s previous roles include serving as Chief Health Information Officer for the Defense Health Agency’s San Diego Market and Chief Nursing Informatics Officer with Naval Medical Center San Diego and Regional Health Clinics. He is a Fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) and Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (FHIMSS). As a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN), Dr. Wymer is also a published and recognized advocate across a wide range of topics, including human-centered design, digital health transformation, quality improvement, and interprofessional teams.
Josh’s undergraduate degree in nursing is from Seattle University. He completed an M.S. in Nursing, Health Care Informatics, at the University of San Diego, an M.S. in Project Management from Granite State College, and an M.A. in National Security and Strategic Studies, Enterprise Strategic Planning, from the U.S. Naval War College. His doctoral work at Johns Hopkins University explored nursing credentialing in the context of the patient care environment.
Josh currently contributes leadership to several boards and councils that include the Friends of the National Library of Medicine and the HIMSS North America Analytics Advisory Council.
Do you have any particular areas of interest/specialization related to nursing leadership, nursing education, or informatics?
- Population Health
- Executive Leadership
- Strategic Planning
- Quality Improvement
- Effective Teaming
- Change Management
What motivated your interest in serving on the advisory board for the MSN-NL program? What are you hoping to contribute?
The University of San Diego faculty and community have contributed significantly to my personal, academic, and professional growth, and serving with this advisory board is an opportunity to give back to a community that has given me and my family so much.
What advice do you have for anyone interested in advancing their nursing career?
Nurses are leaders by the nature of their roles and impact, and the nurse leader is strategically positioned at the intersection of clinical care and strategic impact where opportunities to better health care and make a difference – clinically and financially – are most likely to be found and effected.
In your view, what is unique and exciting about USD’s online MSN-NL program? How does the advisory board help shape the future of the program to best meet the goals of both students and their potential employers?
The University of San Diego has put world-class learning and a vibrant community at everyone’s fingertips through the MSN-NL program. Our work as the advisory board is simply to build on the excellence and quality that have always defined the university and driven its impact across the San Diego region and around the world.